Clownfish avoid anemone stings by lacking sialic acid in their mucus. This prevents anemones from recognizing them as prey.

The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a ...

The quick recognition and treatment of a box jellyfish sting can help ease symptoms and reduce ... they target prey (mainly shrimp and small fish) with 24 eyes that allow them to look in many ...

These long, thin tendrils can extend 165 feet in length ... used to paralyze and kill fish and other small creatures. For humans, a man-of-war sting is excruciatingly painful, but rarely deadly.

Yet these behemoths’ most puzzling feature is a whip-like tail that can measure as long as the rest of the fish’s body ... fearsome reputation for deadly stings, manta tails lack defensive ...

The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a breakthrough in ...

Jeremy Bolwell/Geograph Crew who had been in the crowd raced to Slade beach where a woman had been stung by a weever fish RNLI volunteer ... to be excruciating, and can last up to two weeks.

The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how anemonefish can live safely among sea ...